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Hello All,

My name is andy from oz. I run a rope access business and a sewing business. I was requiring the dimensions of a stash bag so that i could possibly manufacture them. I am also looking at getting into base, as i have over 200 skydives and skydiving doesn't seem to do it for me anymore.

Please post dimensions for a stash bag as soon as possible. Anyone with the most helpful information, i would gladly mail one of the finished products off to you. Thanks.

 

im just wanting to know a most common size. can you still help me out

Approximately 25" x 6" x 16". things to keep in mind: you want it to be collapseable, have wide shoulder straps, a waist strap if possible, and something to hold the shoulder straps together across the front of your chest. Do that and keep it light-weight and soft and you'll have a great product.

You can get a Opened Container-Canopy, Helmet, knee-chin pads, elbow-forearm pads all in a 25" x 6" x 16". stash-bag to hike out ?
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Be sure to have a compression system of some sort on the bag as well. Having a "zig-zag" of elastic cord across the back of the bag [threaded through fabric tabs] is an effective way to do it. Draw the elastic tight and it tightens the bag around your gear. It makes for a more comfortable carry.

Use waterproof fabric if possible, or at least make it an option.

Consider at least a little padding on the shoulder straps. A chest strap is almost essential and a belly band is nice as well.

Make it STRONG. Do whatever you need to do to make it strong... load tape, double+ stitching, whatever. You work for the sewing business, you know better than I. Anybody who's had a gear bag seam fail a few miles from their car knows what I'm talking about.

All that considered, it has to be light-weight and low in volume. Padding on the straps? Yeah, I want it... but if there's too much the bag becomes unwieldy and difficult to stow for a jump.

Hope that helps some.

yep. full rockgardn flackjacket, landingzone knee/shin guards, FATE gloves, and a helmet... can't remember the make/model. oh, and my rig is a 240.

That good. I see a lot of jumpers who get these littler stash-bags that go into there Container back storage real small but when they get a jump where they where all the hard gear and extras. They fill it up and have to carry things out. You can get buy with a smaller stash-bag sometimes if you field pack (quarter and fold) the Canopy back into the Container but a lot of the times the conditions don't allow it.
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You might also consider some heavy loops on the outside for attachment points for something like rope etc.